garden/gnathostomata.md

Gnathostomata

• Member of the Vertebrata in the Chordata
• Allowed animals to much more easily be predators
  • Jaws could be used to immobilize prey
  • Once you become predatory, the fitness space becomes much more steep
    • Your fitness highly depends on your sight and agility
• First Gnathostomes appeared in the Silurian

Taxonomy

• Gnathostomata
  • Placodermi
  • Eugnathostomata
    • Chondrichthyes
    • Osteichthyes